Editing Gospel Oak to Barking line (section)

==== Extension to Barking Riverside ====
{{Main Article|Barking Riverside railway station}}
The line was extended southeast by {{Convert|4.5|km|mi|abbr=}} from the terminus at [[Barking station|Barking]] to serve the [[Barking Riverside]] regeneration area, a [[Brownfield land|brownfield]] site with permission for around 10,800 new homes.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |title = Improvements and Projects - Barking Riverside extension |url = https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/barking-riverside-extension |access-date = 12 October 2021 |website = Transport for London |language = en-gb}}</ref> Proposed in the mid 2010s following cancellation of the [[Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock|DLR extension to Dagenham Dock]], the extension was approved in 2017,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date = 4 August 2017 |title = Transport and Works Act 1992: Application for the Proposed London Overground (Barking Riverside Extension) Order and Deemed Planning Permission - letter from Secretary of State |url = https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/635697/barking-riverside-extension-decision.pdf |access-date = 17 April 2020 |website = [[Department for Transport]]}}</ref>  leading to construction commencing during late 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date = 24 December 2018 |title = JV picks up £196m Barking Riverside contract delayed by Carillion collapse |url = https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/sectors-civils/jv-picks-up-196m-barking-riverside-contract-delayed-by-carillion-collapse-24-12-2018/ |access-date = 15 April 2020 |website = Construction News |language = en-gb}}</ref> Running partially alongside the existing [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] line and then a new viaduct to the [[Barking Riverside railway station|Barking Riverside station]], the extension opened to passengers on Monday 18 July 2022<ref name="BRE">{{cite web |title = Barking Riverside extension |url = https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/barking-riverside-extension |publisher = Transport for London |access-date = 13 July 2022 |archive-date = 11 August 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160811172758/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/barking-riverside-extension |url-status = dead }}</ref> at an estimated cost of £327m.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last = Horgan |first = Rob |date = 7 December 2020 |title = TfL's Barking Riverside Extension suffers year delay and another cost hike |url = https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tfls-barking-riverside-extension-suffers-year-delay-and-another-cost-hike-07-12-2020/ |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201207083427/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/tfls-barking-riverside-extension-suffers-year-delay-and-another-cost-hike-07-12-2020/ |archive-date = 7 December 2020 |access-date = 20 January 2021 |magazine = [[New Civil Engineer]] |language = en-gb}}</ref>